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Structural Dynamics Of Membrane Interacting Viral Proteins, Nisha Bhattarai
Structural Dynamics Of Membrane Interacting Viral Proteins, Nisha Bhattarai
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Viruses do not possess complete cellular machinery but have the ability to reproduce by utilizing cellular machinery inside host cells. They are nanoscale machines that rapidly modify (evolve) their molecular components to cause disease and death. Therefore, emergence of deadly infectious viruses is a monumental health concern and understanding how viruses are able to enter, replicate, assemble and egress from the host cell is important to mitigate the threat.
A fully active, infectious viral structure is known as a virion. A virion contains genetic material and is enclosed by a capsid. The capsid is a protein shell and some viruses …